Natural Resource Ecology & Management, B.S.

Freshman Year (32 Sem. Hrs.)

• AGRI 1001 Introduction to Agriculture (1) ¹
• BIOL 1201 Biology for Science Majors I (3)
• BIOL 1202 Biology for Science Majors II (3)

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• BIOL 1208 Biology Laboratory for Science Majors I (1) and
• BIOL 1209 Biology Laboratory for Science Majors II (1)

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• CHEM 1212 General Chemistry Laboratory (2)

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• CHEM 1201 General Chemistry I (3)
• CHEM 1202 General Chemistry (3)
• ENGL 1001 English Composition (3)
• MATH 1021 College Algebra (3)
• RNR 1001 Natural Resource Conservation (3)
• RNR 1002 Issues in Natural Resource Management (1)
• General education arts course (3)
• Free elective (4) ²

Sophomore Year (32 Sem. Hrs.)

• CMST 2060 Public Speaking (3)

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• CHEM 2060 Survey of Organic Chemistry (3) or
• CHEM 2261 Organic Chemistry (3) or
• PHYS 2001 General Physics (3) ³

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• ENGL 2000 English Composition (3)

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• MATH 1022 Plane Trigonometry (3) or
• MATH 1431 Calculus with Business and Economic Applications (3)

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• RNR 2039 Introduction to Renewable Natural Resource Policy (3)
• RNR 2101 Ecology of Renewable Natural Resources (3)
• RNR 2102 Natural Resource Measurements and GIS (3)
• General education humanities courses (6)

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• SOCL 2001 Introductory Sociology (3) or
• POLI 2051 American Government (3)

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• Area of concentration courses (2)

Junior Year (32 Sem. Hrs.)

• RNR 4103 Conservation Genetics (3)

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• RNR 2031 Principles of Wildlife Management (3) or
• RNR 3002 Silviculture (2) or
• RNR 3105 Forest Biology (2)

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• RNR 2001 Trees and Woody Plants of the Southeast (2) or
• RNR 4020 Taxonomy and Ecology of Wetland Plants (4) or
• BIOL 4041 Plant Taxonomy (4)

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• AGRO 2051 Soil Science (4) ⁵ or
• RNR 4025 Limnology (3) ⁵ or
• RNR 4900 Watershed Hydrology (3) or
• RNR 4033 Silviculture and Management of Hardwoods (4) or
• RNR 3004 Photogrammetry, GPS and GIS (3)

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• AGEC 2003 Introduction to Agricultural Economics (3) or
• POLI 1001 Fundamental Issues of Politics (3) or
• POLI 2051 American Government (3) or
• POLI 2053 Introduction to Comparative Politics (3) or
• POLI 2057 Introduction to International Politics (3)

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• EXST 2201 Introduction to Statistical Analysis (4)
• Area of concentration courses (1-11)
• Free electives (14-0)

Senior Year (32 Sem. Hrs.)

• RNR 4101 Integrating Natural Resources Management, Policy and Human Dimensions (4)

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• RNR 4107 Human Dimensions in Natural Resources (3) or
• RNR 4038 Forest Resource Economics (3)

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• RNR 4023 Marine Fisheries Resources (3) or
• RNR 4040 Fisheries Management (3)

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• Area of concentration courses (18-15)
• Free electives (4-7)

128 Total Sem. Hrs.

All students in the undergraduate curriculum in Natural Resource Ecology and Management must earn a grade of “C” or better in all required RNR courses.

¹ Students entering the program with 30 or more semester hours will take one additional hour of approved electives in place of AGRI 1001 .

² Students in Pre-Veterinary Medicine–Wildlife & Fisheries must take all labs. See area of concentration description.

³ Students in the fisheries and aquaculture or wetland science areas of concentration must take CHEM 2060  or CHEM 2261  . Pre-Veterinary Medicine-Wildlife & Fisheries students must take all courses. See area of concentration description.

⁴ Calculus is required by many graduate schools.

⁵ Students in wetland science area of concentration must take AGRO 2051 ; students in fisheries and aquaculture area of concentration must take RNR 4025 .

Areas of Concentration